"Tell me why you need an assault rifle"

The current mantra of the anti-gun liberals: "Tell me why you need an assault rifle."

Easy answer: Because it's a very well known and recently demonstrated fact that during times of crisis law enforcement will attack innocent civilians, unprovoked and with deadly force. In this case I have every right to return fire.

All it takes is for some unknown bureaucrat to accidentally label you as a "domestic terrorist" or a "threat to Homeland Security" and you'll have the entire law enforcement community working overtime to "bring you to justice," which these days means they'll burn you to death in your own home without due process.